Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
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Movie Reviews of Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Movie Review: Maybe one of the best zombie films...
Summary: 4 Stars
Or at least one of the most overlooked or under-appreciated. I really liked the way the movie unfolds and is paced, and there are quite a few atmospheric and creepy scenes that i enjoyed. I think i would put this near the top of my favorite zombie/horror flicks if it weren't for one major annoyance...the detective character played by Arthur Kennedy.
Man was this guy annoying. I don't know if his "disbelieving detective" was made popular by him back in the 70's that it got used-to-death in later cinema or if his was just another in a long line of those movie character cliches, but this film took that idea and ran with it. Into the ground. I thought this was more about him than our protagonists or the zombies.
Yes, i suppose it was clever how they structured certain scenes to where we know what happens, but when he shows up in the scene evidence points to our two heroes as the suspicious ones.
Yes, i suppose some viewers find his character interesting, well-acted or humorous.
Yes, the movie does address his character in the end specifically.
Still, i found his presence annoying, overbearing, and tiring. That's the point of his character? Maybe. His un-trusting demeanor is symbolic of class, social, and cultural differences? Fine. I'm just saying this movie had the goods and could of concentrated more on the leads and zombies and it would've been much more palatable. To me anyways. I really do think this is one of the best zombie films out there. But due to that one major gripe, it's also my least re-watched. 3 1/2 stars, rounding up for the dvd version with the interview and other extras(i have the version with the 3 ghostly apparitions on it).
Movie Review: One of the better zombie movies out there
Summary: 4 Stars
There's a lot of hype surrounding Let Sleeping Corpses Lie AKA The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue from both both ends of the spectrum. Some praise it as one of the greatest zombie movies ever made, others are equally comfortable dismissing it as "pointless drivel". Personally I've always felt somewhere in between with this one. While it certainly isn't without its flaws, it has a number of outstanding qualities such as the atmospere, cinematography, and the eerie soundtrack.
A new form of radiactive pesticide seems to have an additional effect besides killing insects: Raising the dead! A couple of traveling strangers find themselves in entangled in the mystery behind the phenomenon of the walking corpses all while trying to prove their innocence to a detective who is convinced they have something to do with it all.
The main drawback to Let Sleeping Corpses Lie is the buildup, which is dead slow. As mentioned, there is a lot of great cinematography and atmosphere that saves the movie from being a complete borefest, and once it actually gets down to business with the zombies the rest is a great, gory time.
To say that Let Sleeping Corpses Lie is a great zombie movie isn't much of an endorsement. Where zombie movies are concerned, you have a handful of good ones in vast sea of complete, mind numbing garbage. That being said, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie is a great horror movie in general. Nothing new or groundbreaking by any means, but it is a good, dark, amospheric zombie movie that is actually memorable.
Movie Review: 70's Movie Not Bad
Summary: 4 Stars
Well for a British movie of the 1970's, this one is not bad, this Zombie movie has it all, nudity, gore, suspense, a graveyard, non beliving cops, but the best part of it all is how the zombies come to life, it will make you laugh. Still it has momements of edge of your seat suspense and ripping bloody moments. It even has an introduction by the director of the movie who lets you know this is a movie that should cause you fear.Movie Review: very cool film
Summary: 4 Stars
This film follows in the footsteps of NOLD thats for sure, however, it comes out like "children shouldn't play with dead things". Its truly a one of a kind zombie film that shouldn't be over looked and different way of making a zombie film and truly one of the best i've seen in awhile. Highly Recommended!!Movie Review: Atypical But Very Good Zombie Flick
Summary: 3 Stars
Those gorehounds expecting a Fulci-like bloodfest may be disappointed at the slow pace of this very different 70's horror movie, but those patient viewers looking for something different will be rewarded. The plot is structured very much like a detective thriller, with police investigating a murder in a remote English countryside. Though a zombie is responsible, this particular undead member did not choose to partake of the flesh of his victim--hence the police investigate as a standard murder case. And, although more zombies eventually make their cannibalistic presence known, the police blindly pursue the case as a murder mystery.
Although slow to get going, director Jorge Grau really wratches up the tension in the final act--especially in a sweat-inducing scene where the zombies trap our heroes in a cemetary basement. Kudos also to some wonderful photography.
On the negative side, the acting is almost universally weak. Even veteran Arthur Kennedy--the only "star" among the cast--gives a stiff performance, despite having the best role as a fascist police officer. Kennedy's performance isn't helped by the fact that--despite being supposedly british--he unwisely invests his character with a ridiculously stereotypical irish brogue.
It is worth mentioning that despite the film's age, Blue Underground has done a stellar job with this transfer (as usual with tis company). Extras (at lease on the standard version I purchased) are limited, but include an interesting interview with Director Grau. Grau has a number of interesting reflections on the film, though he is curiously hard on actor Kennedy (he comments on the actor's alcoholism and little else).
Given the quality of the presentation, solid direction, good writing and price tag of less than $15, LSCL is an excellent value and fine addition to any horror mavens "zombie" collection.